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In the current standards, fasteners or connections are always designed in one plane only. The reason for this is that the designs for shear etc. can only be analyzed in the 2D plane. The hole design, for example, is not possible for a failure from the plane.

Since internal forces in v y and v z can always occur in a three-dimensional calculation, it has been proven in practice to allow a small proportion of internal forces in secondary direction and not fully utilize the connection. However, if the ratio of shear force in secondary direction is too high, a detailed analysis with an FE simulation might be necessary.

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The easiest way to find the internal forces at these nodes is to print the pictures of members into the printout report.

If this solution is not an option, you can also find the values in the result table 4.1 in the printout report. Since the extreme values are only activated by default, it is still necessary to activate nodal values in the selection.

It is usually not reasonable to include the internal forces of all member in the printout report. Therefore, you can only select the members that are relevant to you.

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